Ghosts of South Carolina

By Ariel Rivera and Brittany Whitaker

Swamp Girl

A girl walked along a moonlit highway wearing a black hat and a black suit, carrying with her a traveling bag.
Drainage ditches on each side of the highway dropped about 20 feet. Along this highway, from the swamp in
Columbia, South Carolina, a cars headlights found this girl. The driver of the car was a man named
J.C. Tipton, employee of Land Bank. Him and his wife saw this well dressed girl walking along the highway
while they were on there way to Columbia and was wondering what she was doing. So they slowed down to
see if they could help this little girl walking along a busy highway late in the night. The girl then replied that she
was on her way to see her mother in Columbia, who was severely sick, and she could use some help. The
Tipton’s then got the address of the house on Pickens street and allowed the girl to get in the car. The husband
and wife started back with their conversation, Mrs.Tipton then looks back to include the girl. She then looks
forward again, when she heard no answer she looked back and the girl was gone. The only way into the back
of the car was in the people in the front pulled their seats forward, and she wasn’t in the foot of the car. Mrs. Tipton
then began to scream, she was so frightened. Mr. Tipton as frightened as he was almost drove of the road,
he then decided to rush her to the hospital in Columbia. The doctors put her on sedatives, and she started
to calm down. Mr. Tipton then remember the address the girl had gave him, on Pickens street. He went to the
house to find out some information, when he rang the bell it took several minutes before there was any signs of
anyone being there. A light then flickered in the hallway, and a young man opened the door, he already knew why
Mr.Tipton was there. The young man explained how the girl was his sister, and she died 3 years ago in a wreck
when she was going to the hospital to visit there ill mother. 2 other people have had the same experience every
year on the anniversary of her death. This ghost story takes place in Columbia, South Carolina.

This is suppose to represent the swamp on the side of the road.

This is the city the Tipton's were driving to.

This is to represent the street she was walking on, I know it's a bad example.

Say hi to the little girl for me.

Polly Pointer

Absalum Clark (also known as Clark) lived on the north side of Trent.He was the owner of one of the
biggest herds of livestock on Hatteras Island.On the other side of the village lived Polly Pointer. Polly
Pointer was a hideous old woman that was said to be a witch. Clark was having a lot of trouble with
his animals. They where all getting diseases and having very painful deaths or getting to the point
where they would have to be put down.There where no explanations for the sudden outbreaks until
local villagers where overheard talking about Polly Pointer.They said that she was behaving very
strangely. Her demonic laughter was heard while Clarke’s animals suffered their painful deaths.People
where sure that Polly had put a curse on the animals.Clarke was unsure if what they where saying was
true or not so he decided to avoid confrontation with Polly.But then his favorite stallion died one day while
near the shore of Pamlico Sound which was not far from where Polly was found searching for mussels.This
is when Clarke was sure it was true.He while in a uncontrollable rage decided that the only way to settle
this was to talk to Polly.He sent a message to her that said that if she killed another on of his animals he
would break her neck.But that didn’t scare her so that night she killed his finest horse and her colt and once
again she was heard that she was making her famous witch like cackle. Clark had finally had enough
and one night he decided to make a surprise visit to Polly’s house. She was working on her spinning wheel
when he slipped inside her house without being seen.Just as he had said he would he broke her neck.

The next day a local fisherman found her dead body.No one saw Clark kill her but all evidence pointed to him.
He was then arrested.His trial was held at the shore of Lake Mattamuskeet. He was then sentenced to a
execution.It was said to be the first hanging in the history of the country.The local villagers avoided the
witches house at all costs.A few years later a person who didn’t know the story of the house decided
to buy it.When he finally found out about the powers of the house and sold it again. When the new
owner of the house tried to till the soil a old rope came slithering out of the ground and raised its self at one
side.He ran away never to return to the house again.Since then many people have said that the same thing
happened to them a rope comes out of the ground and loops its self into a hangman’s noose.